Words that come from Vulgar Latin “fallire”

122 words across 37 languages descend from Vulgar Latin fallire — including fail, failing, unfailing, failover, unfailingly, faileth, failback, failest.

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English (23)

Danish (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (10)

Vietnamese (10)

Italian (8)

Norwegian Nynorsk (8)

Greek (6)

Romanian (5)

Catalan (3)

French (3)

Chinese (3)

Portuguese (3)

Cornish (3)

Spanish (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Maltese (1)

Middle French (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Dutch (1)

Proto-Tai (1)

Japanese (1)

Old French (1)

Thai (1)

Zhuang (1)

Middle English (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Ido (1)

Tày (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Occitan (1)

German (1)

Turkish (1)

Yoruba (1)

Finnish (1)

Faroese (1)

Swahili (1)

Words from Vulgar Latin fallire — 122 descendants | Etymology Explorer